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​​​​​Planning Guidance fees and charges are based upon actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Council in staff time and overheads to provide the service.

Council may require payment of additional charges when these fees and charges are in any particular case inadequate to enable the Council to recover its actual and reasonable costs in respect of the matter concerned.

These fees and charges also apply to all applications processed under the Housing Accords and Special Housing Act 2013

LAND USE

Land use resource consent applications, land use certificates and other land use-related applications are subject to minimum non-refundable deposits unless stated otherwise. Land use resource consent application deposits include a fixed monitoring fee of $310.00 and a fixed scanning fee of $15. Any assessment and administration tim​e spent beyond that covered by those deposits will be charged at the relevant hourly rates. In cases where applications are withdrawn before a decision is reached, Council will refund any application deposit balance remaining less processing costs incurred.

These deposits do not include engineering assessment and processing fees. Land use resource consent applications which require engineering assessment and processing will be charged a minimum non-refundable deposit of $800.00 for up to 4hrs work. Any additional engineering time spent beyond that covered by this deposit will be charged at the engineer hourly rate. Land use certificate applications and other land-use related applications which require engineering assessment and processing will be charged at the engineer hourly rate. Where engineering assessment and processing is outsourced to a consultant or specialist the fee will be actual cost.

Other additional fees may also apply. See Additional Planning Related Charges below.

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Notified Land Use Consent applications​​​

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​13,000

​Limited Notified Land Use Consent applications

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​7,000

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​Non-Notified Land Use Consent applications

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​Fast Track Controlled Activities (s87AAC & s87AAD)

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​1,500

​Restricted Discretionary

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​2,350

​Discretionary Activity

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​3,000

​Non-Complying Activity

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​3,615

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​Fast-tracked Consents and Minor Non-notified Land Use Consent Applications

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​Refer Additional Planning Related Charges section

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​Land Use certificates

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​Certificate of Compliance

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​885

​Existing Use Right

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​1,950

​Planning Verification (fixed fee)

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​330

​Outline Plan

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​1,275

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​Other Land Use related applications

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​Extension of time limit

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​1,080

​Change or cancellation of consent condition

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​1,200

​Surrender of ​consent (whole or part)

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​900

​Deemed Permitted Boundary Activities

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​250

​Deemed Permitted Marginal or Temporary Activities

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​800

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​Subdivision

Subdivision resource consent applications, subdivision related applications, and subdivision certificate applications are subject to minimum non-refundable deposits unless stated otherwise. Any assessment and administration time spent beyond that covered by those deposits will be charged at the relevant hourly rates. In cases where applications are withdrawn before a decision is reached, Council will refund any application deposit balance remaining less processing costs incurred.

These deposits do not include engineering assessment and processing fees. Subdivision resource consent applications which require engineering assessment and processing will be charged a minimum non-refundable deposit of $800 for up to 4 hrs work. Any additional engineering time spent beyond that covered by this deposit will be charged at the engineer hourly rate. Subdivision-related approval applications, other subdivision-related applications, and subdivision certificate applications which require engineering assessment and processing will be charged at the engineer hourly rate. Where engineering assessment and processing is outsourced to a consultant or specialist the fee will be actual cost.

Other additional fees may also apply. See Additional Planning Related Charges below.